Lucy was just resting on the soft grass in the forest near magnolia, gazing at the stars, and feeling the chilling night breeze. She has done with her mission 3 days ago. When she thought about it, it was a rather early mission accomplish for her since it was an S-class mission. All these years, she was finally an S-class mage, a dream come true. A dream she thought she wouldn’t fulfill. Thank god it wasn’t like the Tenrou Island Incident, but it was hard enough. Thinking about her opponents back then, it had been a miracle that she passed.
A gust of wind blew a gentle breeze with a cold crisp in the air. Then she remembered Gray, his magic was as chilling as this. She remembered they used to make Gray shaved ice and used him as a cooling system whenever they ended up in the desert in a mission. Unconsciously, Lucy stared at the bon fire that was keeping her warm. It was Natsu’s turn to invade her mind. He used to be this warm to her. Once, Erza tried to light their bon fire and Natsu ended up eating it. Erza was furious because it took her a lot of effort just trying to light. It seemed that Gray and Erza was having a bet that she wouldn’t be able to start a fire without Natsu’s help within 6 hours and made it stay lit for an hour. Apparently, Natsu and happy was fishing for dinner and only Erza, Gray and her were there when they made the bet. If Erza lost, then she was going to talk and move like Happy for a week. And if Gray lost, he would cross-dress for a week using the bunny suit, cat suit and other vulgar clothes she had one costume for every day. Unfortunately, Natsu ate the fire 10 seconds before the time.
She smiled at the thought of the memories. Natsu and Gray already finished their S-class exam years before her. When they both took the exam she went on 5 missions on 1 week just so she can stop herself from worrying about the two. Upon remembering the name of the two she felt a sudden stab at the heart, and then her heart sank in sadness. She knew that now she felt the familiar pain and eerie sound of loneliness she knew she just lost her only chance of sleep. She stood up and gathered the novel she was writing hours ago. Next, she packed the blanket and fruits she took with her for the mission. Then, as she was about to kill the bon fire she made, when suddenly she heard a noise from near by. On instinct, she drew a key from her key ring ready to summon her celestial spirits just in case of trouble, awaiting another sign of movement beyond the bushes. From her experiences on her missions she learned how to stay alert even in her sleep. Suddenly something lodged in front of her……a bunny….. She almost laughed at herself. She almost summoned her spirit to fight a little bunny whose suuupppeerrr cuuuutttee and perfectly harmless. If the others were here, they would have a good old laugh right about now. Pang! “Strike two” she told herself. Another wave of sadness overcame her.
It seemed ages ago since they all went their separate ways. Erza was the first one to go. Since Jellal helped on perfectly sealing Zeref, he was pardoned of all of his “crimes” in exchange; he was to join the Magic council as one of its general. They were able to wed grandly, with the help of the guild members, and they had a boy named after their dear friend Simon who died on the tower of heaven. Years later, when Master Makarov retired Erza was chosen as the next master. Everyone was happy and they celebrated for weeks. Every one thought that Laxus was to inherit the position but, when the opportunity presented to him he declined and said he wanted to be an SS-rank first he was ever to inherit the position. Erza took in charge with a deal with Laxus that if he ever wanted the position he would beat Erza first. Suddenly back to reality, she noticed that she was already on the road walking, she looked back just in case she forgot to put out the fire. Unbelievably, she already put it off while her mind was in limbo. Then she started walking forward again. Just like she always do through all these years and lived with the memories, both painful and happy.
